By Lee Min-young BTS' live performance in Japan has been cancelled amid allegations that one member has been involved in anti-Japanese activities.The band's management agency Big Hit Entertainment announced on Thursday that group's appearance on TV Asahi's Music Station program slated for Nov. 9 has been called off.The controversy arose recently when a Japanese media report accused the South Korean boy band of being anti-Japanese, taking issue with a T-shirt BTS member Jimin was seen wearing with photos and letters commemorating the Korean liberation day imprinted on it.Tokyo-based TV Asahi also said it had decided to cancel the performance after talking to the band's agency over the controversial T-shirt.

The T-shirt had photos of Koreans celebrating independence, an atomic bomb being dropped on Japan, along with the words "PATRIOTISM, OUR HISTORY, LIBERATION," and "KOREA."The group recently returned home from a jam-packed overseas tour and is due to begin an Asian tour next week. Starting from Tokyo on Tuesday, BTS will perform in Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka through Feb. 17.